Crawford Priory

Crawford Priory was originally built as the Crawford Lodge by the 21st Earl of Crawford in 1758, it was substantially enlarged and extended in the early nineteenth century by a sister of the 22nd Earl, Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford. She had it redesigned in the gothic style, adding buttresses, turrets and pinnacles effecting the look of a priory, although it had had no religious history. After the last owners death in 1968 the house was closed, and gradually fell into disrepair and ruin. (Springfield, Scotland)